AUD/388 Interview of Dick Beamish
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Title
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AUD/388 Interview of Dick Beamish
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Rights
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Please conatct the South Wales Miners' Library, Swansea University
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Description
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Recorded memoirs of Dick Beamish. Includes a discussion of collieries in the area; effect of shareholders and National Coal Board take overs; profit converted into loss; his family background; first working underground at the age of 14; living in lodgings, and bathing in front of the fire; custom of carrying an injured miner back to his house; working methods and the use of explosives; role of the checkweigher; work load of miners' wives; clothing worn to work; impact of foreign workforces; his army service during World War I; his education; his interest and involvement with the Independent Labour Party and the Communist Party; his attitudes to sexuality and morality; the food eaten by mining families; and his general opinions on socialism, communism and economics.
Covers period : 1910-1979 (c).
Running time : 3hrs 10mins 50secs. 1970-1979(c)
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Identifier
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AUD/388